Business Successor means (i) any former Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) any Person that, after the Issue Date, has acquired, merged or consolidated with a Subsidiary of the Company (that results in such Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Company), or acquired (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of a Subsidiary or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of a Subsidiary of the Company.
Blocker has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Merger Effective Time shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Effective Time” in the Merger Agreement.
Seller’s Taxes shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a) hereof.
Retained Liabilities has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
Excluded Liabilities has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
Acquisition Subsidiary has the meaning specified in Section 7.14.
Merger Closing Date the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
Taxpayer resource transaction means a sale, purchase, lease, donation of money, goods, services, or real property, or any other transaction between a governmental entity and a private entity that provides to the private entity something of value derived from state or local tax revenue, regardless of whether the governmental entity receives something of value in return.
Company Transaction Costs means the transaction costs and expenses of the Acquired Companies relating to the Merger, including all legal and accounting fees, brokerage fees, commissions and finders’ fees payable to brokers or finders that were employed by any Acquired Company or any of its agents, officers, directors or employees or agents thereof.
Company Transaction Expenses means all costs, fees and expenses payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person incurred by or on behalf of the Company, any of its Affiliates or any of the Sellers on or before the Closing in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and consummation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby to the extent, if any, unpaid as of immediately prior to Closing (but calculated assuming consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby such that all Company Transaction Expenses that become payable as a consequence of, or upon, the Closing are included), including: (a) any brokerage, finders’ or other advisory fees, costs, expenses, commissions or similar payments; (b) any fees, costs, disbursements or expenses of counsel, accountants or other advisors or service providers; (c) other than the aggregate Option Cancellation Payments, any fees, costs, expenses of, or payments to be made by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries related to any transaction or retention bonus, incentive bonus, stay bonus, long-term incentive awards, termination or change-of-control payment, severance or other compensatory payments to be made to any current or former employee, director or other current or former individual service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in whole or in part, as a result of or in connection with the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any such arrangements that are implemented by Buyer), including Tax “gross up” payments payable with respect to any of the foregoing; (d) the required employer portion of payroll or similar Taxes payable in connection with the Option Cancellation Payments or any Company Transaction Expenses (or an item that would have been a Company Transaction Expense if it had not been paid prior to the Closing); (e) any termination, exit or similar fees and expenses payable to any Seller or any of their respective Affiliates as a result of or in connection with the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby pursuant to any advisory, management or other similar Contract with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (f) all other fees and expenses payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection any transactions contemplated with other potential acquirors of (or investors in) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including in connection with any auction process) or other strategic alternatives pursued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including any public or private offering of securities).
Public Company Costs means, as to any Person, costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act or any other comparable body of laws, rules or regulations, as companies with listed equity, directors’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to enhanced accounting functions and investor relations, stockholder meetings and reports to stockholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, listing fees and other transaction costs, in each case to the extent arising solely by virtue of the listing of such Person’s equity securities on a national securities exchange or issuance of public debt securities.
Acquisition Sub shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Seller Taxes has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(f).
Tax or Taxes means any federal, state, provincial, local, foreign or other tax (including any income tax, franchise tax, capital gains tax, gross receipts tax, value-added tax, surtax, estimated tax, excise tax, ad valorem tax, transfer tax, stamp tax, sales tax, use tax, property tax, withholding tax or payroll tax), and any related fine, penalty or interest, imposed, assessed or collected by or under the authority of any governmental body, whether disputed or not.
MergerSub has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Excluded Liability means any liability that is excluded under the Bail-In Legislation from the scope of any Bail-In Action including, without limitation, any liability excluded pursuant to Article 44 of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive.
Acquisition Target means any Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof; any Person that is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof; or any Person with respect to which all or a substantial part of that Person’s assets are acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date hereof.
Parent Parties has the meaning set forth in ARTICLE V.
Seller Parent has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Merger Sub 2 shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.
Merger Sub has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Constellation has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals.
Merger Without Assumption provisions of Section 5(a)(viii) will apply to Party A and will apply to Party B.
Merger Sub 1 has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Estimated Transaction Expenses has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).